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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
A Modern Xantippe.

Jim Akers was a small, tow-headed,
knock-kneed man, with irregular teeth,
which made his mouth look like a steel
trap twisted ont OF plumb, says the
Southern BiUouac His wife was
large, raw-boned woman, fully a head
taller and fifty pounds heavier than
jim. She had the temper Of half
famished wildcat, and no darby Just
"gittin' religion was ever half as
much afraid of the devil rs jim was of
her; he had reason to be. When She was
fairly on the warpath She breathed
chain lightning and flung cyclones
from the tip of her tongue. Nor did
she content herself with words only,
however bitter and furious. She very
often brushed the poor little wretch
with hickory until he felt as if he
had borrowed his back Of saint fresh
from the gridiron.
One bright, golden. delicious after
noon in the latter part Of May, jim
left the patch where he had been hard
at work all day and ,snuck cen to
his cabin by the back way. He pro-
ceeded hastily to dotf his everyday
clothes and don his Sunday garments,
casting fm'tive glances all the while at
the black-browed, terrible dame sitting
in the front doorway knitting. With
trembling haste he completed his pre-
paration> and was stumbling out
again, when his wife, previously 'ap-
parently oblivious Of his presence,
shot fierce glance at him, which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

an d if the innocence of his prisoner
were the bar to his reputation he
would rathlessly sacrifice it in be-
half of his own advancement" He
overlooked with illusions to the
"learned and youthful advocate"
and close with the hope that when
"the learned prosecutor" had grown
old in wisdom he would look with
regret on his youthful ambition that
prompted him to seek the condem-
nation of innocence.
La Toilette, what there was left
of him, got up and said his veneer
able friend had made grievous error
in the trial and had actually taken
him for the defendant. He had be-
sides shown himself totally ignor-
ant of the case. Gas for myself, .
he said, 81 am young, and hope to
know more as | grow older, but
| trust | shall never become So old,
or so learned, or SO presumptuous as
to attempt to try a case when ]
know nothing about it"
The colonel squirmed and grinned
but said nothing, and the young
lawyer won the cause Chicago
Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our rogular correspondent.

Last week was Washlngton's gala
" eek. 1t was filled with martial
music, soldiers, visitors aud events
brilliant pageants, exciting com
petitiye drills, reviews and stree t
parades. Probably never since the
final days Of the war, when the
armies Of the Potomac and of the
West marched through the great
thoroughfare Of this city, has there
beer % fine a military display as
there was during the past week.
The soldiers encamped around
the base Of the Washington Monu-
ment represented thirty-one states,
and they were the flower of the
militia Of the country. Many of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

made him jump almost out o,n
and brought the perspiration ~, ~. : !,
every pore. Ou' q
"Whar you boun' fur?' sbo
Il lowed | wuz gwine down "A =
fishery fur a hour or two. m m 20
is hevin'-" 'ea q
well, you lowed wrono
histe off them close, and ~ hoi ia
that patch and finish hoeip' tba ~
taters. Don't you distra.,
bout no fish-fries. !es
But | done tole the how,
gwine to be thar"
well, you tole 'em a len
But Ed Sykes and Hank H..
a waitin' fur me now at the cro.a -
and I'd ruther not disappint am $
"Wel, I'd rather You wouId
up, now, and do ez you're told 81
Jim gasped and quaked with :.
but, for the first time in MANI
he thoroughly realized the ~
under which he was crushed "a,
heart was set on going to a "a
and in that feeble, futterine Btla i
gan faint shadow, dim eidoIo.
spirit became suddenly aroused
hesitated moment, ventured eva,
return the gaze Of those oo,..
wrathful eyes, and then started |
ing:
well, I'm a-gwine. "
Great Jehosaphati Houp-la 4
She swooped ON him like an or
mouse. The air was fDa5
darkened with dust and sandy hal,
agonizing shrieks.
Ed Sykes and Hank Evans. At
crossroads" became convinced /
Jim's cabin had caught fire, and !
he was perishing in the flames. n,
rushed in all haste to his assi,b,
but as they neared the spot the ID
subsidized, and they heard stern "A
nine voice, which caused them 10
and keep ont of sight, say;
Nov reckon you'n do e.
tole.n
Then they recognized Jim's ID
voice, protesting between conyu]
sobs:
I'D sorter Civ out gwine beio
spoke"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
From a Woman's Letter.

"Alas! the sarcasm of it all! Il
not sure that | have many mona,|
life! But if | haye-what Them h
salt! / can never work again!
not then pray for death as now 4
for life? Encore! Qui sait3 Itb|
sad to be taken when one is in Tied
flower of possibilities, at the dcsr
time when ambition may justly loos
qualification. If | could tell Won Of
hourly contemplation Of what | 4
loathe and dread There are 4
when | could shrek out in rebel
against my sentence. could 4
anything but this inexorable maid
And | love life, and am so Young
heart and mind. / cannot ma5
myself by years, | feel, or rathTI
SO young God bless YOU! dear fIielI
Let me kiss il moment. then put 4
this sad little letter that travelled
From Il beautiful woman of days that
gone, who is dying in solitude o01
sea,
Just read it, you women and read d
men. who have beauty to bdrieiI
money TO spend;
1t was wrung from a heart that Is TON
despair, It's letter Of symWal
to friend
AS I think of the past there's g siga
breeze as try to forget there |
in the air,
For the darkness it closes around as We
anda Valley of Shadows is NsHiI
All, the days were so sunny, the sH
blue, and the apples so readily
the hand
OF the beautiful women who once were
as they wandered like Eve in Bon
Land
There was something so tender and true
voice OF the Serpent who gll0
bask'd under leaves
Concealing the fruit that a minute DC,
ana a lifetime Of misery never Pu K
There were kisses in plenty, ana JeNth ~
and represented flowers to t"ihe |
hair
OF the woman who drank up her WI
drauEht. and galloped on PieasaN
Vanity Fair.
And now it is ended the apples are E'le
the Serpent in solitude grln9 'lI
tree, r.
But the dear voice of Love, that Was ~ v
world is as sad ms the desoiaie W /
the sea- u
So the women are silently praying iW
who never prayed once IN tAe'
ful life:
For the dur pain of dying, it whiten' i1s
as the past to the heart cuts '''
knife
All, the sigh of regret that sinks NV
ana the wall OF remembrance D'
on the air. u
For the curtain falls slowly, the p&
end, and the lights are eXIlls--
Vanity Fair.
Clement Scott IN he la'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
ASTONISHING SUCCESS

1t is the duty of every person who
has used BOSchee'S German Syrup
to let its wonderful qualities be
known to their friends in curing
Consumption, severe Coughs, Group,
Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all
throat and lung diseases. No per-
son can use it without immediate re-
lief. Three doses will relieve any
case, and we consider it the duty
of all Druggists to recommend it
to the poor, dying consumptive, at
least to try one bottle, as $4,000
dozen bottles were sold last year,
and no one case where it failed was
reported. Such a medicine as the
German Syrup cannot be too wide
ly known. Ask your druggist about
it. Sample bottles to try sold at 10
cents. Regular size Is cents. Sold
by all druggist and dealers, in the
United States and Canada.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

STATE OF VISIONS N-COUNTY COURT FOR
> Iowa Connty-ln Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a regular term
of the Iowa county Court, TO he held in and for
said county, at the Court House i'm the village
OF Dodgeyille, in said county, on the 9TH day Of
June, A. D. 1857 being the first Tuesday Of
said month, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon OF said
considered:
The application O. William Il Curry. admin
istrator OF the estate of Ann Berry. late Of said
county deceased, for the examination aud
allowance of his administration account and
the assignment Of the residue OF said estate to
such persons as are by law entitled 70 the same
And il Is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by pub
fishing copy ofthis order for three weeks sue
cessigely prior TO said day Of hearing, in the
Mineral Point Tribune weekly newspaper pub
lished in said county.
By order Of the Court:
Is JOHN T. JONES Judge.
Dated Dodgeyille, Wis, April 18th, 1887.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
The Business World,

The lights and shadows east upon
the business landscape the past week
have disclosed nothing distinctive
or unique. The uneyeutful week is
the healthy one at this season. II
is the eruptive time of year IN in-
dustrial and speculative affairs,
and violent outbreaks are usually
most alarming. Mercantile and
manufacturing operations, however,
continue to move along with ease
and strength in moderately greater
volume than for many years past al
this time. Labor is Disseminated ia
several parts Of the country, but
open disturbances are generally
local and short lived. Railroad
earnings show steady increase,
and almost unprecedented railroad
construction in all parts of the
country, together with free lmmi-
grafton to the West and Northwest
is stimulating the consumptive DEL
mauds Of all kinds Of commodities.
Rains in yearly every quarter Of the
wheat and cotton belts have bene-
flied the growing crops, and any
immediate trouble on this score il
removed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

Gov. RusK is proposed as can
didate for the presidency by the
Oshkosh Northwestern. 1t says his
name sat the head of the ticket
would represent the best element ia
every state and would appeal with
convincing force to Republicans, in
close states like New York. Gov.
Rusk will have the important ad
vantage possessed by candidates
such rs Abraham Lincoln and James
A. Garfield in being free from all
faetional entauglements, and man
who could unite not only his party
but the thinking men of all parties,
to his support. No one feature of
our political situation to-day is so
difficult TO understand and so hard
to handle, as the proper adjustment
of the relations between labor and
capital and the rights of labor as
eontrasted with the encroachments
of anarchy and nihilism. Governor
Rusk is a laboring man and preem-
ineutly the friend of the laboring
man, while he stands as the repre-
sentative Of the power of law and
the enforcement of justice"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

GENERA GIANTS book is the
most remarkable success of the en-
tire literary record, the widow
having already received 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

A FREE trade paper at Montgom-
cry, Alabama, walls over the spread
of protectionist sentiments in the
South. 1t says: "There comes sad
news from Nashville. The conspic-
uous advocates of Democratic
tariff are becoming fewer aud fewer.
Newspaper advocates of protection
are multiplying in the South
Henry Watterson attributes this
change of opinion to the influence
of "the Money Devil" in other
words, the Southern people begin to
give precedence to their pecuniary
interests over their old-time poiti.
cal preduj ces. Devils of any kind
may be bad, but "the Money Devil''
is less baneful fiend than the
devils that melted the rebellion, the
ku Klux and the shotgun election
campaigns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
A -ad Mtsfnrfmne.
LegaI Notices.
Notice 10 Hear Petition for Admins
lrafiou

S,TArE OF WISCONSIN. COUNTY COURT FOR
> Iowa County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
Of the Iowa county court, 20 be held i aud for
said county, at the court house, in the village Of
DodgeTlle, in said county. on the eth day Of
June, d 1857, being the first Tuesday
OF said month at | o'clock in lie afternoon Of
said day, the following matters will be heard
and considered:
The application OF John Short for the APP
pointment OF an administrator OF the estate of
Ralph J. -hor'. late of the town OF Nafwick
Iowa count wis. in said county, Deceased.
And il Is further orlered that public notice
thereof be given 10 al persons Interested bypnb-
fishing copy Of this order tor three weeks
successfully prior to said day OF hearing in the
Mineral Point rRIBUNE, weekly newspaper
published in said county
By order OF the Court,
JOHN T, JONES, Judge.
Daed Dodgeville, Wis May 81. 1887 IS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

A SAGUTAcTuEgR states that there
is no demand now for roller skates
except in Canada With a brick
bat for defense aud roller skates for
dissipation, the Canadian is strik-
ing compound of ancient and mod
srn civilization.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

rhe story of a Michigan ma t,s.i
been devoured by wolves n.at
taken with many grains p
His books haven been
and no one can say il ism =.
menf ON the old-fashioned NJ
skipping to Canada. Ana. j
-an wolyc. have feelings
Injured ~ such canari-
Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

IN the last twelve months the
United States has received 100000
emigrants from the old world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

YESTERDAY" says London
letter, sail the papers announced
with somewhat malicious salts
faction that the American legation
would henceforth present at court
only those ladies whose welI-estab-
lished position in their own country
entitled them to this honor in Eng
land" When Minister Phelps de-
cides just what class Of Americans
are entitled to this honor, curious
people would like to know about it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
Very Narrow Escape

'Yes had q very M row escape" said
prominent ci' zen to friend 81 wa. confined
to my bed for a year and my friends gave me
mp for consumptve's grave, until began
using Kemp's Balsam for the rhro and
Lungs, and here I am. sound and hearty"
You wi! find it for sale bye, K Motfett. Price
soc and 81.
A -ad Misfortune.
Is to raise nice family Of boys and girls
and then have them carried to an early grave
by that terrible disease, Consumption. Heed
the warning aud check it in its first stages by
the prompt use OF Kemp's Balsam for the
throat aud lungs, warranted TO cure and re.
lieve all cases. Price 50 cents aud ST. For
sale by R. Moffett. Trial size free
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

A FREE-TRADE paper is kicking
about the tariff on wooden cloth.
When a man can buy a very good
suit Of clothes for s. or $40 that
in free-trade times would have cost
$25, there is evidently no cause for
complaining Of the tariff.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02
Money Saved is Money Made. /.

| offer my entire stock of boots
and shoes at very low fguree
Heavy kip boots Observation-Disclosures. 500
Veal kip-best .......... ............... 451
Calf boots-best Observation-Disclosures. 475
Tongue boOts-best grain, ..... ....... 40
All our own manufacture.
WOman's and Misses shoes pro-
portionately low.
Mems button shoes ................. $50
Women's buttoned shoes ,...........,.,.. 200
VIM. JkGKA.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

The leading railroad managers
who have been interviewed on the
subject say that the Interstate law
is at best only on trial as yet, and
that it will take till January ! 1888,
to determine whether it is benefit
or an evil to the business of the
country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02

In the last twelve months the
United States has received 100000
emigrants from the old world.
GENERA GRAST's book is the
most remarkable success of the en-
tire literary record, the widow
having already received 100000.
A SAGUFAcTuEgR states that there
is no demand now for roller skates
except in Canada With brick
bat for defense aud roller skates for
dissipation, the Canadian is a strik-
ing compound of ancient and mod
srn civilization.
A FREE-TRADE paper is kicking
about the tariff on wooden cloth.
When man can buy a very good
suit Of clothes for s. or $40 that
in free-trade times would have cost
$25, there is evidently no cause for
complaining Of the tariff.
The leading railroad managers
who have been interviewed on the
subject say that the Interstate law
is at best only on trial as yet, and
that it will take till January /, 1888,
TO determine whether it is a benefit
or an evil to the business Of the
country.
MISS ANNA NJ. OLEsoN, of Ocon-
omowoc has been given judgment
for 81 500 against Martin Salvorson,
a rich lumberman of that town, for a
breach-of-marriage promise. Con
sidering that the eourtship lasted
three years, Miss Blossoms Judgment
must be admitted to be very reason
able.
Rev. olympia Brown-Willis, of
Racine, Wis, who has brought an
action against the election officers
for refusing to receive her vote, is
herself to be proceeded against for
attempting to stuff the ballot box.
Query: Would it have been stufling
the ballot box if the Rev. Olympia
had succeeded in getting in her vote?
An employer in a Rhode Island
factory town recently paid his em-
ployes 1900 on Saturday in new
bills secretly marked. On the
following Monday $500 of these
marked bills were placed in bank
by the saloon-keepers of the place.
The Anti-Poverty Society might
utilize such facts in their campaign
documents
II IL getting 10 be the tashlon Tor
wealthy bachelors to marry some
pretty girl on their death-bed to
whom they can leave their fortunes.
Miss Susanna Sebastian, of Wichita,
Kas., has just received fortune of
$4,000 from Captain w. 5. White
in that way. 1t is far heater way
of disposing Of ones estate than
leaving will TO be contested.
lr is told of an Indiana granger
who resontly called on the Presi,
dent, that after shaking hands and
looking him over from head TO foot,
he broke out: "Wa.al, wa.al! Here
l hev ben yotin' for Presidents nigh
onto fifty year, an I'll be golblasted
eff yos amt the fust one ] eyer see!
Jes' shake agin, will yer?" There
can be no doubt that the President
shook.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-02


MILWAUKEE Sentinel. The civil
service commission is to give
special attention to the enforcement
of the rule that married women and
their husbands, and more than one
member of the same family, shall
not be employed in the departments.
Of course the rule should be en-
forced but it is not plain that this
rule has any relation to civil service
reform. As, under reform, posi-
tons are not given except for
merit, it can make no difference
whether whole family is in the
government service. The service
is not to be divided up as spoils but
persons are to be given positions
because they can perform the work.
AFTER the LIST of July, pool and
billiard tables in saloons are prohib-
tied in Texas. The purpose of the
law is to deprive the saloons of their
means of attracting customers to
their bars. Meanwhile hot cam.
paign is going on, respecting the
prohibition amendment which is
voted upon in August. The Waco
Adcance, prohibition advocate, is
very violent in its language, while
the postmaster of the town takes
the other side and declares that the
effort to enforce prohibition will
cause the killing of enough prohi
bitionists to dam up the Brazo river.
1t is the first time in a long while
that there has been a real political
conflict in Texas, with free speech
on both sides.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-11
THE HANDSHAKE.

1t is reported that the President has not
reduced his handshake to such mechani-
cal rule that he can execute il on a rail
way platform to more than twenty peO-
pie a mlnute-'Nat is, il he wishes to
keep his smile aad the How dive do in
perfec, harmony with the grasp Of hand.
Some Presidents present the hand TO the
approaching congratulatOr and leave him
TO shake it, the proprietor not expanding
any force at all but there is a lack Of
~electioneering cordiality in that method.
Mr.. Cleyeland's shake has generally been
technically designated a. possessing five
different applications-the friendly fami-
liar, the official, the formal, the society
and the offce-hunter.
The last one is the masterpiece and
conveys the idea that the Chief Magis-
trste fully recognises your claims, and in
due time will read your papers, and the
best thing to do now is not TO bother him
about a matter that he completely under
stands.
The recipient goes away and departs
for home, after being told by the deputy
that he need not trouble himself any
further, as the President has favorably
considered the matter and he will be doubt
less notified of his appointment. That
means behind the scenes that the case and
papers have been p~igeon-holed, and will
in the course of time he mildewed even
into n second term, while the yerdsnt ap-
plicant is telling the people in his native
town of the flattering reception given
him. and the certainty of his getting his
appointment as consul TO some where or
other or chief Of bureau in the red tape
department.
This will explain why in rural districts
YOU sometimes come across a man very
much soured on politics. He has been
deluded with the idea that he could be
appointed without being a recognized
henohman of a local boss.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-11
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Keep salt in a dry place and cheese IN . Yin
box.
Never use for cake milk that has been
boiled.
Matches should always be kept in a stone o.
eartben jar, or in tin
Common cheese cloth makes m excellent
strainer for acid fruits.
Eating onions and hovsersdish is claimed to
relieve dropsical swellings.
A paste Of plaster Of paris aud water viii
fasten on the brass cover TO an inkstand.
Ii Is claimed by soma housewives that Q
little kerosens added 10 boiled starch will i'm.
part a nice gloss.
Nothing better can lie applied to q severe
cut or bruise than cold turpentine. IT WIN
give relief almost instantly.
Lime water is good for chilblains. Use
strong and hot. A saturated solution OF alum
in water, used hot, Is also a curative.
To remove machine oil from cotton goods
rub the spots with hard soap and soft water
as soon as they are observed and they can be
easily taken out.
II any poison is swallowed, drink instantly
half a glass OF cool water with a heaping tea
spoonful each Of common salt and ground
mustard stirred into it.
Carbolic acid is recommended for mosten-
ing the tools with which metals are worked.
The efficiency Of the grindstone is said to be
greatly increased by this means.
Before using new earthenware place in a
boiler with cold water and heat gradually I'll
il boils, then let 1t remain until the water Is
cold. IL will not be liable 10 crack il treated
in this manner.
An excellent saiye Tor bruises is the follow
ing: Take the leaves Of catnip and bruise
with salt pork in q mortar, or with a rolling
pin. IL applied to flesh wounds and bruises
Of any kind it will at once allay the inham-
nation.
II you have pictures hanging against an
outer wall protect Thorn from any possible
damp by covering the backs with sheet lead,
on else keep them from contact with the wall
by corks fastened 10 the lower ends OF the
frames.
Stains Of fruits on good table linen can be
removed without injury by using the follow
ing with care; Pour boiling water on chloride
Of lime in the proportion Of one gallon TO a
quarter Of a pound, bottle II, cork ii we'll, aud
in using be careful not to Stir it. Lay the
stain iu this for a moment, then apply white
vinegar and boil the table linen.